The Light

The History of the Movement for Progressive Literature in the Indo-Pakistan Sub Continent

the late Sajjad Zaheer
Translated by Amina Azfar

The Light

The History of the Movement for Progressive Literature in the Indo-Pakistan Sub Continent

the late Sajjad Zaheer
Translated by Amina Azfar

Description

Sajjad Zaheer (1905-1973) was one of the main architects of the Progressive Movement in Literature in pre-Partition India. Light, his account of this movement, which transformed Urdu literature, contains many fascinating portraits of the leading writers of the time--Tagore, Premchand, and Faiz.